WHAT’S IN THE MIX? This Year’s Cattle Ration Breakdown
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Feeding 400 cattle is no small job! In today’s video, we’re putting the diet feeder to work as we mix up this year’s winter ration for the herd. We’ll take a closer look at what’s going into the mix, from silage to meal, and explain why we’ve chosen this feed for the season.
Keeping cattle well-fed and healthy is a top priority on the farm, and getting the ration right is key to good growth and performance. Join us as we get stuck into feeding time and see how everything comes together!
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Great videos. Everyone who isn't a farmer in Ireland should watch these videos to see all the work that goes into the food on your plate.
I'm not a farmer but I love watching the videos keep her lit Phil 🇮🇪👍
Me too
A great video Phil. One thing I admire about you is your honesty. You say what you think and what works for you. It’s lovely to see you and Liv working so well together. Keep up the good work
What I like to do when I am on of the first to watch a video is to skip to the end and know I am the first to watch that bit of video
content is fantastic keep up the great work
Good video phil and liv the goats look good
Nice clean tractor and diet feeder and tellyhandeler, good to see.
The tapered wedge is better than a wheel in your case because it works well in dead end sheds.I have used it to move feed back from the dead end or I move feed older feed from finishing cattle across the passage to store cattle. The wheel s are good but can only do one job. You can buy a wedge that can be grabbed with the grab so it’s one less attachment for Liv to change
Our favourite farmers in the world.Happy Sunday evening will watch on this beautiful Sunday evening.So so good luck 😉 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Diet feeder looks like new,that new power washer does some job😂
Farmer Phil we have a skid steer for pushing in silage ....we feed bales only .. we have a bucket, forks and a push in plough for feeding
Would you not try Alka home and dry no drying once crop is between 16/24% moisture, protein increases by 3% no rat or bird problems and no need for ph adjustment in feed. It's been revolutionary in my system here, best thing I have done in years.
It’s made in my home town is Alka
Great video Phil. Hope you managed to get the roof fixed on the out farm
great content
Great video again Phil
Focus on home grown TMR great idea reduces risk of the price fluctuations of the commodity market.
Can you chop beat inthe diet feeder? If it was clean or would it be to slow
You can but it’s a slow job and doesn’t just chop it all small enough
The grain storage is impressive Phil
Great the beef price is good. Makes up for the different times
Production quality is great again; the lapel mic and that new camera with the following feature make a huge difference 👍
Brilliant video Phil, we found it very interesting and informative 👍
Interesting, Friesian steers €6 AA cross steer €6.37 North West Cork
Really great vid today Phil
It's a compliment rather than a criticism, are u not getting dwg in the shed because you are getting better dwg at grass, so no compensatory growth when they go in for finishing ?
Great.vid.phil.was.waiting.to.see.the.feeding.on.the.outfarm.did.u.get.the.roof.fixed
hi, an Angus or Angus Cross breed calf at the Denfield, Ontario Canada sales barn goes for 1500, my uncle has a 30 head Holstein dairy farm, told me last week, prob most other breeds not far behind that. The price per pound to the consumer from Ralph Bos Meats near Strathroy, Ontario is 6.09 for a half, approx 400lbs, pork is 2.79.
Again a very interesting video that jcb is a fine machine
Good stuff
Nova Scotia Canada Bob calfs 2 weeks old $800 to $1000 a piece
Can you give us any info on bulls sold as regards grades /kill% /weights at all ?
After hearing the prices from the factory you are getting I'm starting to get worried what the price of the beef carcass I buy each year will be this autumn, as I stopped being able to buy mutton carcass last year because even the price for cull sheep went a bit crazy
How are ye going for feed Phil
I use 2 Jeep tyres on front of gator and a 12v winch to rise up out of way when not in use works good
.Great video Phil. Enjoyed watching 👍🏼👍🏼
Love the bucket cam😊😊😊
27:31 "We haven't killed anything since we killed in December."
27:58 "This is what our rolled oats looks like."
So you're a cereal killer then. 😂
Who knew it is so technical feeding cows,, more ingredients that a fancy cake
first nice
Very interesting Phil.
Any biscuit meal to be found in Ireland or northern Ireland? Or even something similar
There is but it’s not to the same quality and goes off quicker
Can get it in NI.
Kansas USA, can't really say on the beef prices, it fluctuates across the states.
When I raised beef cattle, I never grained mine, hay and grass, they'd get plenty of weight on by summer time after calving in late spring, usually butchered in early to late fall. Have had several local farmers tell me I really needed to grain, specially feed 'em corn. Only "grain" I'd feed would be a product called "range cubes". That's when I'd bring 'em up to the barn to check on them. Which was usually once a week, more often if I had a few close to calving. Never had issues with my cattle until I had switched bulls. Had used a "registered" bull, don't remember the breed. Had a much larger bone structure than my Angus and Herford's. Had issues with his calves, ruined a few of my cows, of course this all happened back in the day when the price for beef hit rock bottom. Ended up selling out the cattle, to keep them, couldn't give one away. It's the same as what happened to the hog market years and years ago.
Now, I'm not defending your father but, Phil, as a retired farmer myself, I will say, we "old timers", we get stubborn and "stuck" in our ways so, be patient. As always, great video, cheers :)
Father phil needs to explain to farmer phil. That weigjt gain per day , fat scores and every other thing dont matter. All that matters in beef. Is dead weight. That's what puts money in the bank in good times and bad
Put a snow plough on gatter for pushing up silage😊
I don't mind Paying good Money for Good Meat as long as the Farmers like yourself gets that extra Money. I got some of your Beef Boxes a few months ago when I was down your way. I'm going to be Taken a Drive down to you from Dublin when I get a chance need BBQ weather and I'm going to be getting a lots of your Beef I have a great Butcher 2 minutes walk from the house and his stuff is great
We feed a barley wheat mix introducing wheat slowly to improve kill out percentage
Hi Phil, suckler calves in Minnesota are 202.86 In Iowa 204.86 I hope that helps.
Denmark young bulls 12-24, month 380kg. eur 4.53/kg
give the powder and minerals in the bucket a stir with a shovel mix it the barley less might blow away
Phil, market prices this week in Perth Western Australia approx $2 to $3 per kg Bulls/Cows that’s Aussie dollars so nothing like what you guys are getting enjoy the prices mate you work hard enough for it 🤠
Did you get Rid of the starlings
They have left
Beef are £6.15 for next week in Somerset
That's €7.38 / Kg
We're still being shafted to the tune of €1.20 / Kg /
€540 for a 450Kg animal,
Robbin Hoods/
Meatindustryireland
😠 😡 👿
What would the breakdown for the weanlings and the finishing cattle per head be, would be interested to know how much of everything they get, cheers 👍
Would it be harder to find customers for the pit silage compared to the bales
Are you going to change the tires on the JCB
Get out of the machine and fork the bit of silage it wouldn’t kill ye like 😂
It most certainly would if you had a bad back 🤔
@@finbarreburn5112 do they all have sore backs
@Flexhegarty5710
No but if you had one you mightn't be as cavalier 🤔
You should wedge a rail way sleeper in the shearbucket and close it down on it to push in the silage
For bulls we get 5.70 euros. Here in the north of germany
Liveweight 🤔
Hows the fat price with you? Just over £6 per kg dead weigh for R4 grade here , AA would be 6.40 for a full load , 11 month old calves very good quality is making 2k North East Scotland
Weanlings €5.50 / Kg liveweight
in France all year 🇫🇷
Would it make any sence to run the straw through the straw chopper first would it speed up the chopping in the feeder, might be a silly idea i dont have a diet feeder myself
That lime in the feed I live beside it
Here in Pennsylvania fat cattle were at $2.15 a pound live weight 2 weeks ago
Converted to kg/€ is €4.63 a kg live weight
11:59 Phil, any chance you could put up the details of the feed calcium, Brand Name etc? Thanks....
Actually I can read the bag now. Must be the poor internet connection.
Phil have you ever sliced a bale open in half with the sheer grab ?
Not yet no
When the big ship takes lots of calves to the Netherlands will it affect your supply of calves
How is the 6480 doing Phil?
Waiting on a new alternator to arrive
Loosen the bolts on the bin when the next storm comes around and u won't have to worry about feeding it again 😂
That would be a bit extreme😅
Your wrong about the maize meal Phil
Why is he wrong like to know.
Would love to be enlightened.
Don’t think maize meal would be needed as there is maize silage being added, but it all depends on silage test results if silage is low in starch and is being included at fairly high % so could reduce overall energy available
Do tell??
It’s pretty simple fr bulls that need to be gone by a date, with a certain fat cover, need all the energy you can get into them because you don’t want them to start growing and loosing condition, maize meal is high energy and low protein by replacing barley with maize meal you are reducing the overall protein content and increasing your energy ergo they are more likely to gain condition than go into a growth spurt. I would be half inclined to reduce barley and increase maize meal if it was my decision , if he was buying in the meal rather than growing it I think it would be a no brainer to replace all grain with maize meal for fr bulls because at present prices the difference between the cost of rolled barley and ground maize is not enough to justify not using a whole lot of maize. It’s all about energy intake when it all boils down.
Phil / Liv, cant tell you price in Marts or Factory's but my God our local butcher is genuinely ashamed at the price he has to charge for all meats 🥩 gone through the roofs but for quality we can't complain. For folks who don't want to they will never understand the amount of sience & work it takes to run a farm.. Ye are the experts so Keep 'er Lit.
Villi?
That’s what I remembered from my O Level biology classes 👍
We sold some black Angus steer cattle weighing 900 rock 360 a pound
Reason yer weight gains arnt what ye like. Is. 6 months to 1 and half year old. Something to improve their. Adding maze at the end is only making up lost ground. This crack of 16 calfs eating nuts out of a blue barrell with an egg cup of minerals in 1 spot. Too many yearlings in pens. Thats yer weight gain problems. Atention to detail in 1st 16 months. Is yer problem. Ye are full on with the reaingvcalf stage. Its the next year ye are loosing. Weanlings need 3/4 kg of quality nuts for 1st 2. 3rds of winter. A few oats isnt doing it.
make a pusher ureself in a couple of evenings, very simple made mine of offcuts and a car hubs.local engineering place wanted €700 for a lighter version. The only thing thats mad about the beef price is over the water there getting another euro/kg, with the increased costs like machinery or sheds are u any better of
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Will you be putting new rear wings on the 6290 to keep her in good nick
New Zealand we would receive $5.40 from one company, prime steers, bull $5.20, dairy heifer $4.50, prime cow $4.50 all New Zealand dollars.
Per kilo of course.
The only reasons lads like feeding maize meal this yeat is because its cheap
Hi Phil barrie north Wales beef are mad .. 6 mouth old bulls limes doing around 1000 pounds .. then you got to feed them up ....... mad
Are yous finishing less cattle this year ?
Best and cheapest pusher is a round bale
Who told Father Phil that he “ needed “ to feed the maize meal ? The Salesman for the feed company I bet , he seen him coming a mile off 👍🏻
Nothing beats
'The yellow male
to pull the scales'.
Ask a judge
James Graham Auct
💪 👌
Did I hear you right u only feed the cattle once a day
Yes
@FARMERPHIL3690 just wondering why as most farmers with diet feeders feed their cattle 2 times a day
Australian
App Eu 1.80/Kg
None ye farmers use grape that way did it back day everything done load loader.or tractor big changes in farming
The wheel would better for the timber shed
The average price per pound, hanging weight is $2.50-3.00, but grass fed beef is $4.00-$6.50 a pound, Wagyu is $6.00-12.00 in the USA. Wagyu beef is more expensive than conventional Angus and Hereford breeds. Your beef was very tasty, when we bought some when we were there, and the bacon was amazing!!! Cornfed beef is more tender, but supposedly not as healthy as grass fed.
Price of cold meat is 5.70€/kg and raising. And butchers do not buy calves because they are afraid that there will be no fattened bulls…
Did u ever go for a job interview for any job outside Longford 😂
Never went for a job interview
Did Father Phil and Uncle Ian not make you do a cv ,ask you if you knew anyone who would say nice thing about you and your work ,sit you down at the kitchen table, make you answer questions like where do you see yourself in ten years, or was it more like get up on that and don't stop driving it till I tell you to 😂
Why feed something like mazise meal that is not helping with daily weight gain ,doesn't make since really
Beef prices in Ireland currently are gone trough the roof €5 80- 6 / Kg freisans which is mad'
Meanwhile back on planet Earth ABPFoods are charting planes loads of Angus Beef (Organic)
into Japan @€65 / Kg,
'Eyes Wide Shut' 😢 😠 😡
Lamb in the shops costs more than beef
It's kinda obvious Phil that ye need to start using biscuit meal again, instead of mazise meal
3 agitators 😂
Great video Phil.
The tapered wedge is better than a wheel in your case because it works well in dead end sheds.I have used it to move feed back from the dead end or I move feed older feed from finishing cattle across the passage to store cattle. The wheel s are good but can only do one job. You can buy a wedge that can be grabbed with the grab so it’s one less attachment for Liv to change